The Barnsley man is accused of lying in statements issued following the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report in 2012, when he said he had never offered any interpretation other than that the behaviour of Liverpool fans did not cause the disaster and that he had never "besmirched" Liverpool fans.

The hearing for the application was adjourned from June, when submissions to stay prosecutions of five other men charged with offences relating to the disaster and its aftermath were heard.

Duckenfield, who is charged with 95 counts of gross negligence manslaughter, is due to go on trial in January along with Mackrell, who is charged with an offence involving the stadium safety certificate and a health and safety offence.